Per Krøldrup

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Per Krøldrup
Personal information
Full name Per Billeskov Krøldrup
Date of birth (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Farsø, Denmark
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1985–1994 Farsø/Ullits IK
1994–1998 Aalborg Chang
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 B.93 57 (8)
2001–2005 Udinese 91 (3)
2005–2006 Everton 1 (0)
2006–2012 Fiorentina 117 (3)
2013 Pescara 5 (0)
2013–2014 Olhanense 17 (4)
Total 288 (18)
International career
2004–2010 Denmark 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born 31 July 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He has played 33 games for the Denmark national team, and was part of their squad for the 2004 European Championship.

Club career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Born in Farsø, Krøldrup started his footballing career at Danish lower league clubs Farsø/Ullits IK and Aalborg Chang. He then went on to play for Copenhagen-based B.93 in the second-tier Danish 1st Division before transferring to Udinese in the Italian top-flight Serie A championship in 2001. In his final season at the club, they finished fourth and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.[3]

Everton[edit]

In June 2005, Krøldrup moved from Udinese to English club Everton on a four-year deal for a transfer fee of £5million.[4] Before having played a single game for the club, he suffered a groin injury and had to undergo surgery.[4] He made his debut for Everton on 26 December 2005[5] in a 4-0 defeat to Aston Villa, which was to be his only league game for the club.[6]

His Everton career was later described as one of the worst transfers in the history of the club and English football,[7][8] and Krøldrup has stated his difficulties of adapting to the physical aspects of the English game.[9]

Fiorentina[edit]

Krøldrup transferred back to Italy on 19 January 2006, when he joined ACF Fiorentina, 31 days after his Everton debut.

Following the 2006 Serie A scandal, where several clubs were on trial for match fixing, Fiorentina were initially relegated to Serie B in July 2006. Krøldrup was amongst the players wanting to leave. However, as Fiorentina made an appeal to the Italian Football Federation, the club remained in Serie A and most of their players, including Krøldrup, remained with the Florence club. He made his Champions League debut on 12 August 2008 against Slavia Prague, a 2–0 win for La Viola.

Krøldrup's contract with Fiorentina was set to expire in June 2010, but on 17 May 2010 he signed a new deal that expired in 2012.[10]

Pescara and Olhanense[edit]

On 8 March 2013, Krøldrup signed a short-term contract with Serie A club Delfino Pescara 1936 for the rest of the 2012–13 season.[11]

After a Summer as a free agent, he signed for Olhanense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on 1 October 2013.[12]

International career[edit]

At Udinese, Krøldrup played alongside Danish national team player Martin Jørgensen, who claimed that Krøldrup was ready for the Danish national team in March 2002.[13] Krøldrup was not called up for the national team until February 2004, making his debut against Turkey.[14] He was a part of the Danish squad for the 2004 European Championship, though he did not play any games at the tournament.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Per Krøldrup". ACF Fiorentina. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ "FIFA.com – 2010 FIFA World Cup – per KROLDRUP". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  3. ^ "CNN.com – Kroldrup poised to join Fiorentina – Jan 19, 2006".
  4. ^ a b Per Krøldrup – Defender Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine ToffeeWeb.com
  5. ^ "Aston Villa 4-0 Everton". 26 December 2005.
  6. ^ Per Krøldrup at Soccerbase
  7. ^ Michael Kettiros, Top Ten: Players who made us both laugh and cry, Liverpool Echo, 21 February 2009.
  8. ^ Bill Edgar, Top 50 worst transfers, The Times, 18 July 2007
  9. ^ Dominic King, Fiorentina v Everton: Per Kroldrup admits he couldn't cope with the Premier League, Liverpool Echo, 6 March 2008
  10. ^ Kroldrup signs new Fiorentina deal, Ontheminute.com, 17 May 2010
  11. ^ Officielt: Krøldrup på plads i Pescara, Ekstra Bladet, 8 March 2013
  12. ^ "Former Everton Defender per Kroldrup Set for Olhanense Move". October 2013.
  13. ^ (in Danish) Kurt Lassen, "Thomas Helveg melder afbud til testkamp", Berlingske Tidende, 19 March 2002
  14. ^ a b (in Danish) Per Krøldrup – Alle hold (Alle kampe)

External links[edit]

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